Printouts

This section covers the following topics:


What is a Printout?

A printout in Entire Output Management is a report or a bundle queued for printing either upon user request or automatically by the Monitor.

Listing Printouts

The printout list can be used to monitor the status of printouts.

Start of instruction set To display the printout list:

  1. Enter 7 in the command line on the Main Menu.

    The Printout List will be displayed, listing all printouts in descending order according to their creation date:

      14:56:49             **** ENTIRE OUTPUT MANAGEMENT ****            2018-06-06
     User ID *_______             - Printout List -
    
     Cmd Object                    T PrOutID Printer  Lines    S Status
     ___ _________________________ _ _______ ________ ________ _ __________________
      __ UKSJUBUN                  B     553 UKSJUPRT     4633 D printed successful
      __ UKSJU-STD1-009            R     547 UKSJUVT2       52 D printed successful
      __ UKSJU-STD1-009            R     546 UKSJUVT2       52 D printed successful
      __ UKSJU-STD1-009            R     545 UKSJUVTX       52 E Print Task abended
      __ STEVEBUN                  B     544 UKSJUPRT     7996 E NOM0707 Bundle is
      __ UKSJUBUN                  B     543 UKSJUPRT     4004 H hold
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     542 HUGO          103 E Lines exceeded
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     541 HUGO          103 H hold
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     540 HUGO          103 E Lines exceeded
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     539 HUGO          103 E Lines exceeded
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     535 HUGO          103 E Lines exceeded
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     534 HUGO            3 D printed successful
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     533 HUGO            7 E Lines exceeded
      __ UKSJUBUN                  B     532 UKSJUPRT     3786 H hold
      __ XSISZHA-TEST-1234567890   R     519 HUGO          103 E Lines exceeded
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          Help        Exit  Flip               -     +    Ext    <     >    Menu
    

    The fields are described below.

  2. To display only certain printouts, you can enter selection criteria in the some fields as indicated below.

    To remove a selection criterion again, you overwrite it with a blank or an asterisk (*).

Line Commands

Command Function
BR Browse a printout (only possible for reports).
DE  Delete a printout.
DI  Display printout attributes.
HL  Put printout in HOLD status.
MO  Modify printout attributes.
RE  Resume printing of a failed printout from the last checkpoint.
RL  Release printout from HOLD status and send to printer.
RP  List reports in bundled printout.

Fields

All fields marked with (*) can be used to enter selection criteria.

Left half:
User ID (system administrators only) Enter a question mark (?) to open a user selection window. Select a user to display the printout list for that user. Leave this field blank to display all printouts according to user ID and time. Enter an asterisk (*) to display all printouts according to time only.
Object (*) Name of the report or bundle which is to be printed.
T Object type: R = Report, B = Bundle.
PrOutID Internal unique identifier for the printout.
Printer (*) Logical printer.
Lines Number of lines already printed (if Status=P); total number of lines (for any other Status).
S/Status (*)

Status of the printout:

  • C = Awaiting confirmation.

  • D = Printed successfully.

  • E = Printing error.

  • F = Printing failed.

  • H = On hold (must be released).

  • O = Physical printer still printing.

  • P = Currently printing.

  • R = Ready to print (if not on hold).

  • S = Printer stopped (printout is on hold).

  • T = Printer busy, trying again.

  • X = Wait for external confirmation.

  • U = Unsuccessfully printed = all printouts with status E, F, T, O or S. This no actual printer status, but for selection purposes only.

Right half:
User ID User ID of user printing, or of report owner or of bundle coordinator.
Jobname The job name of the printout in the job queue if printing is done with a batch job.
Jobno The job number of the printout in the job queue if printing is done with a batch job.
scheduled Date and time the printout is scheduled.
printed Date and time the printout was printed.

Printout Attributes

Printout attributes consist of:

General Printout Attributes

Field Explanation
Printout ID The internal unique identifier of the printout.
Report name / Bundle name The name of the report/bundle to be printed.
Run number The internal run number of the report/bundle to be printed.
Status The status of the printout.
Copies Enter the number of copies to be printed.
Priority Enter the print priority. This is passed to JES when system printers are used.
User User ID of user printing, or of report owner, or of bundle coordinator.
Time (Created, Scheduled, Printed) The date and time the printout was created/scheduled/printed.
Total (lines/size) The total number of lines in the printout. For binary documents, its size in KB (as indicated by a "K" after the number).
Lines printed / Printed size The number of lines currently printed. For binary documents, the portion already printed in KB.
Language The language to be used in the report/bundle separators.

Printer Printout Attributes

Field Explanation
Printout ID The internal unique identifier of the printout.
Logical Printer The name and description of the logical printer.
Physical Printer The name and location of the physical printer.
Printer Exit The member name of the exit to be executed for each line before it is printed, and the library containing the member.
Job Parameters
JCL skeleton The name of the Natural member containing the JCL skeleton to be used when submitting a print job.
Escape character The special character used as a prefix to identify substitution variables.
Jobcards The jobcards to be used when printing in batch mode. If you leave these lines blank, the specifications from the logical printer definition are used; see Adding a New Logical Printer.

Special Printout Attributes

The special printout attributes are printer-dependent. See Attributes of Physical Printers in the System Administration documentation for more information.

Modifying Printout Attributes

You can only modify printout attributes when the printout is in HOLD status.

Start of instruction setTo modify the general attributes of a printout:

  1. On the Printout List screen, enter the line command MO next to the printout to be modified.

    The Printout Definition > General Attributes screen is displayed. See General Printout Attributes.

  2. On this screen, you can modify the general attributes of a printout.

Start of instruction set To modify the printer attributes of a printout:

  1. Press PF9 on the Printout Definition > General Attributes screen.

    The Printout Definition > Printer Attributes screen is displayed.

  2. On this screen, you can modify the printer attributes of a printout. See Printer Printout Attributes.

Start of instruction setTo modify the special attributes of a printout:

  1. Press PF10 on the Printout Definition > General Attributes screen.

    The Printout Definition > Special Attributes screen is displayed.

  2. On this screen, you can modify the special attributes of a printout. See Special Printout Attribues.

Displaying Printout Attributes

Start of instruction setTo display the attributes of a printout:

  • On the Printout List screen, enter the line command DI next to the printout for which you want to display information.

    The Display Printout screen is displayed for the printout you selected.

    The attributes are described under Printout Attributes.

Deleting a Printout

Start of instruction set To delete a printout:

  1. On the Printout List screen, enter the line command DE next to the printout you want to delete.

  2. Depending on the CONFIRM option (see SET command), you may be prompted to confirm the deletion.

Putting a Printout in HOLD Status

This function places a printout in HOLD to prevent printing. Printout characteristics can be modified only when the printout is in HOLD status.

Start of instruction setTo put a printout in HOLD status:

  • On the Printout List screen, enter the line command HL next to the printout you want to hold.

    The message "hold" is displayed in the Status column.

Releasing a Printout from HOLD Status

Start of instruction setTo release a printout from HOLD and queue it for printing:

  • On the Printout List screen, enter the line command RL next to the printout you want to release for printing.

    The message "ready to print" is displayed in the Status column.

Listing Reports in Bundled Printout

Start of instruction setTo list all reports contained in the printout:

  • On the Printout List screen, enter the line command RP next to the printout for which you want to list reports.

    A window is displayed, listing the reports contained in the bundled printout.

Resuming a Failed Printout

Print tasks and batch jobs periodically record the number of lines printed so far. If a printout fails, it can be restarted from the last recorded printed line number.

Start of instruction set To resume printing of a failed printout:

  • On the Printout List screen, enter the line command RE next to the printout you wish to resume.